Les Miserables

Les Miserables
National Touring Company
Buell Theater
Denver, CO
August 31 - September 10, 2011

Les Miserables is one of my favorite musicals. The songs are deeply personal to me and I saw tours of the original production over and over again. It's hard to believe it is already being restaged.

It's hard to imagine a new take on this epic spectacular, but somehow the producers have brought Les Miz into a new generation.

The sets are more intimate, less concrete than the previous generation. And somehow the new staging brings greater light onto the spiritual aspects of the story. The costumes are very similar to what I've seen before, that's helpful with such a large cast.

The music and the story are still in the spotlight though. The songs are still deeply moving. The emotional impact possibly stronger than ever before.

If anything, this updated staging only reinforces that Les Miz is timeless.